Homer Defined/References - Revision history

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‎Continuity

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‎Goofs

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‎Cultural references

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 == Goofs ==
 *In Mr Burns' surveillance cameras, the workers are identical.
-*As [[Sector 7-G]] is sealed off Homer's work console has 007 displayed on the countdown timer yet it still at 007 at the  end of the scene.
+*As [[Sector 7-G]] is sealed off Homer's work console has 007 displayed on the countdown timer yet it still at 007 at the end of the scene.
 *During Laugh and a Half, the surveillance camera says 15:07, but the clock says about 7 o'clock.
 *When Bart looks at the pictures of himself and Milhouse, all of the pictures of Milhouse have his glasses with black rims instead of red ones.

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 == Goofs ==
 *In Mr Burns' surveillance cameras, the workers are identical.
 *During Laugh and a Half, the surveillance camera says 15:07, but the clock says about 7 o'clock.
 *When Bart looks at the pictures of himself and Milhouse, all of the pictures of Milhouse have his glasses with black rims instead of red ones.

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 [[File:Homer solving a Rubik's Cube.png|250px|thumb|Homer was solving a [[Rubik's Cube]] during his training as Safety Inspector]]
 *Homer was solving a [[Rubik's Cube]] during his training as Safety Inspector. He later blames the cube for the potential meltdown.
-*When Homer stops the meltdown, he silently looks at the timer which was stopped at 007. This is a reference to when an atomic bomb was stopped with seven seconds to spare and the timer showed 007, the number of [[James Bond]], done by [[Sean Connery]] in ''[[Goldfinger]]''.
+*When Homer stops the meltdown, he silently looks at the timer which was stopped at 007. This is a reference to when an atomic bomb was stopped with seven seconds to spare and the timer displayed 007, the secret agent number of [[James Bond]] (played by [[Sean Connery]]) in ''[[Goldfinger]]''.
 *[[Smithers]] placed a 5% ceiling on the {{W|Keogh plan}} at the nuclear power plant.
 *''[[The Itchy & Scratchy Show]]'' episode "[[My Dinner with Itchy]]" is a reference to the American comedy-drama film ''{{W|My Dinner with Andre}}''. [[Scratchy]] is wearing the same suit that [[Wallace Shawn]] was wearing in the film.

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 *[[Smithers]] placed a 5% ceiling on the {{W|Keogh plan}} at the nuclear power plant.
 *''[[The Itchy & Scratchy Show]]'' episode "[[My Dinner with Itchy]]" is a reference to the American comedy-drama film ''{{W|My Dinner with Andre}}''. [[Scratchy]] is wearing the same suit that [[Wallace Shawn]] was wearing in the film.
-*[[Aristotle Amadopolis]] to famous Greek magnate {{W|Aristotle Onassis}}.
+*[[Aristotle Amadopolis]] is a parody of famous Greek magnate {{W|Aristotle Onassis}}.
 *Bart is playing [[Monopoly]] with [[Maggie]].
 *{{Ch|Magic Johnson|Earvin "Magic" Johnson}} makes a shot at the end of the episode and remarks "I pulled a Homer" before several attractive cheerleaders. Ironically, two weeks after this episode aired, Johnson publicly announced that he had the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, the precursor to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, and stated that he had contracted it as a result of unprotected sex with multiple women.

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 == Cultural references ==
-*Earvin "Magic" Johnson makes a shot at the end of the episode and remarks "I pulled a Homer" before several attractive cheerleaders. Ironically, two weeks after this episode aired, Johnson publicly announced that he had the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, the precursor to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, and stated that he had contracted it as a result of unprotected sex with multiple women.
+*[[Homer]] is reading the newspaper ''[[US of A Today]]'', a parody of the real-world newspaper ''{{W|USA Today}}''.
-*When Homer stops the meltdown, he silently looks at the timer which was stopped at 007. This is reference to when an atomic bomb was stopped with seven seconds to spare and the timer showed 007, the number of [[James Bond]], done by Sean Connery in ''Goldfinger''.
+**[[Lisa]] mentions famous American author and radio and television host {{Ch|Larry King}}.
 == Trivia ==
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 == Continuity ==
-*A picture of the "Babysitter bandit" [[Ms. Botz]] is seen on the issue of "US of A Today" that Homer is reading. "[[Some Enchanted Evening]]"
+*A picture of the "Babysitter bandit" [[Ms. Botz]] is seen on the issue of ''US of A Today'' that Homer is reading. "[[Some Enchanted Evening]]"
 *[[Aristotle Amadopolis]] reappears. "[[Homer at the Bat]]"